Lounging on a Jersey Shore beach one afternoon last week, away for a brief family vacation, I realized I wouldn’t have time to report out a deep-dive column. That evening I started a new Netflix binge, a thought-provoking documentary, “Surviving Death,”
Read MoreIndulge me for a moment on a circuitous path to the point. Just last Monday, when conducting an off-the-record interview with a local legislative staffer about disability-related issues, the conversation took a surprise turn. The source asked me if I
Read MoreThe New York State legislature has successfully passed a comprehensive bill aimed at banning noncompete agreements across the state. The legislation, Bill 1278, seeks to address concerns regarding the negative impact of noncompete clauses on employees, particularly those in lower-wage
Read MoreNew School-Based Clinics a Potential ‘Game-Changer’ Let me start off with a not-so-little news nugget I learned last week. Within the next two to three years, there might be as many as about 80 school-based mental health clinics (run by
Read MoreOur Special Report Shows How Area People in Need ‘Fall Off a Cliff’ After High School This is the second installment in a continuing series about issues impacting local people with disabilities, and the need for improvement. By Adam Stone
Read MoreNew Rochelle’s Ann Chiappetta, like most blind people, maneuvers around all manner of challenges on a daily basis that most folks likely never consider. For instance, in our digital age, just imagine what it’s like to navigate a website that
Read MoreWith his best friend and sister Dollyne Bohn living hours away, in Delaware County, Pa., the 2020 pandemic year was a punishing time for our late digital editor, Robert Schork. Holed up in his Yonkers home, Robert was devastated to
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Read MoreNowadays, in her free time, you might find Mia Wheeler flashing her incredible street roller skating skills. It’s a hobby that helps divert her mind temporarily from the ghastly memories. But before she turned her life around, Wheeler had no
Read MoreThe funding of political campaigns, as we already know, is heavily influenced by big money contributions, to put it mildly. In fact, here in New York, just the top 200 donors last year contributed nearly $16 million, surpassing the combined
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